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Gardening is a yearround activity. Those who garden develop an appreciation and a desire for fresh, nutritious vegetables and fruits. In many situations, the best way to obtain fresh vegetables is to grow them at home.
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Toll Stands at Five Dead, 22 in Hospitals; 215 Houses Are Damaged or Destroyed
Read moreLiving in rural areas requires displaying your homes 911 address. Marilyn Jackson, mayor of Clearview and member of the Clearview Brown Suggas Okfuskee County Home and Community Education group (OHCE) got creative and came up with her own design for displaying her 911 address. She reused a crate lid and attached painted wooden letters to the lid. Her landscaping rocks came from the hill behind her house. The sign is appropriately illuminated at night with solar lights.
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If you haven’t heard, two sweet ladies, Amber Hunter and Michelle Rhinehart, are hosting a Thin Blue Line charitable event on August 15 at 5:00 pm -7:30 pm at Stroup park in Holdenville. The event is in honor, recognition, and support of all law enforcement. There will be free snowcones, food vendors, a band, a raffle drawing and kid friendly activities.
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Director Kristy Lashbrook is pleased to announce to all Hughes County citizens that HCEMS has opened our Calvin and Wetumka substations. This is the final part of the Nov. 2016 EMS Bond. EMS operations began July 29. “I am pleased to begin 24/7/365 operation of our new substations in Calvin and Wetumka. It’s been over 17 years since Hughes County has had three substations open. This would not have been possible without the support of the county taxpayers,” stated Lashbrook. Tommy Taylor, EMS Board of Trustee President added “This has been a major goal for Kristy and her Command Staff and the Board as a whole and in the midst of a global pandemic, when healthcare services around the state and country are having to cut back services, I am happy to say that our financial foundation is secure and we are pleased to open the new substations. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, the Command Staff of Hughes County EMS, and the EMTs and Paramedics working every day, we want to again thank the citizens for their support.”
Read moreAn emergency City Council meeting was held on Friday, July 31, 2020. Those present were June Fixico, Ward 1; Donna Dyer, Council person at-large; Joanna Hulstine, City Manager; Norma Marshall, Mayor; John Baca, City Attorney; Josh Howk, Ward 3 and Richard Roush, Ward 4.
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THE ABOVE PHOTO WAS TAKEN at Prairie View School. Pictured on the front row is Judy Goodspeed sixth from right; Middle row - Judy’s brother, Sonny Goodspeed, second from right and back row, Judy’s sister, Janice Goodspeed, fourth from right. See inside to read about Judy’s trip down memory lane.
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Ice and extreme temperatures topped the news for the first few days of March of 2019. I was quite content to stay inside and feel sorry for those who weren’t so fortunate. As I watched school closings stream across the bottom of the television screen my mind drifted back to my own school years.
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